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- "A beggar's estate lies in all lands."
- "A beggar's hand is a bottomless basket."
- "A blind man may sometimes shoot a crow."
- "A brilliant daughter make a brittle wife."
- "A dog with a bone knows no friends."
- "A flying crow always catches something."
- "A fool and his money are soon parted."
- "A fool may chance to say a wise thing. "
- "A friend is better than money in the purse. "
- " Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down."
- "Deep swimmers and high climbers seldom die in their beds."
- "Dogs have teeth in all countries."
- "Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand."
- "Every man his own is not too much."
- "Every man is master in his own house."
- "Every why has its wherefore."
- "Fools are free all the world over."
- "Fools ask questions that wise men cannot answer."
- " Half a word to the wise is enough."
- "It's a long lane that has no turning."
- "It's a poor heart that never rejoices."
- "It's bad combing where there is no hair."
- "It's better that the bakers are on horseback than the doctors."
- "It's good dancing on another man's floor."
- "It's good feasting in another's hall."
- "It's good steering with wind and tide."
- "It's the little things in life that count. "
- " Learn to creep before you run."
- "Let every one look to himself, and no one will be lost."
- "Let God's waters run over God's acres."
- "Let it roll; it will right itself."
- "Let lie what is too heavy to lift."
- "Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience."
- "Ridicule is the test of truth."
- "Roses fall, but the thorns remain."
- "Self-love is blind."
- "Shame lasts longer than poverty."
- "Silence answers much."
- "Sloth is the beginning of vice."
- "Small gains bring great wealth."
- "Smoke, stench, and a troublesome wife are what drive men from home."
- "So got, so gone. "
- " There is a remedy for all things save death."
- "There is no joy without alloy."
- "There is nothing so secret but it transpires."
- "There's no making a donkey drink against his will."
- "There's no making a silk purse of a sow's ear."
- "They agree like cats and dogs."
- "They are fools whose sheep run away twice."
- "Threats don't kill. "
- " Time destroys all things."
- "Time fleeth away without delay."
- "Time gained, much gained."
- "Time goes, death comes."
- "Time is God's and ours."
- "Time is money."
- "Time past never returns. "
- " When the wine goes in the wit goes out."
- "When the wine is in the man, the wit is in the can."
- "When things are at the worst they begin to mend."
- "When things go well it is easy to advise."
- "Where there's no good within, no good comes out."
- "Who excuses, accuses."
- "Who fears no shame comes to no honour."
- "Who gives to me, teaches me to give."
- "Who undertakes too much, succeeds but little."
- "Who ventures to lend, loses money and friend. "
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